Anthony Youdeowei obtained his PhD in Agricultural Entomology at the University of London and his research involved field studies at the renowned Rothamsted Experimental Station (now Rothamsted Research).  He began his professional career as Entomologist at the West African Cocoa Research Institute.  He then took up an appointment as Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Biology at the University of Ibadan, where he rose to become Professor of Agricultural Entomology in the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry from 1973 to 1990. At the University of Ibadan, he served as Head of the Department of Agricultural Biology, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Acting Vice Chancellor and Executive Director of the University of Ibadan Publishing House.

In 1990, Anthony joined the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA, now AfricaRice) in Bouake Cote d’Ivoire as Director of Training and Communications.  From October 1997 to July 2015, he was at the Africa Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Accra Ghana.  During this time he acted as Consultant Senior Integrated Pest Management Specialist, pursuing his interests in integrated production and pest management and Farmer Field Schools.

Anthony has regularly advised African Governments, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, the World Bank Africa Region, GTZ , USAID and other development agencies in integrated production and pest management policies, planning and field implementation of IPPM field training programmes. He has been consultant to the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA) in The Netherlands in training, development and production of training and agricultural extension materials as well as agricultural communication including the management of agricultural journals. He was the Communication Consultant to the Convergence of Sciences Project of the Wageningen University which was implemented from 2008-2013 in Benin, Ghana and Mali.  He has also served as the Communications Consultant to the African Cashew Initiative project funded by GiZ.

Anthony was involved with FARA in the assessment of African National Agricultural Research Systems and collaborated with (NRI) in the formulation of the FARA-led project, Strengthening Capacities for Agricultural Research and Development in Africa (SCARDA) which ran from 2007-2011. In 2009, he was appointed Visiting Professor of Capacity Strengthening in Agricultural Research for Development at NRI.

In 2010 Anthony Youdeowei was appointed a member of the Governing Council of ICIPE, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi, Kenya and he is also a Trustee and Director of PAN-UK (Pesticides Action Network).  He is currently a Director of West African Book Publishers Limited Nigeria – one of the foremost educational publishers in West Africa.  He is the author of several books on agricultural education, integrated pest management and plant protection extension and training. His favourite pastime is writing text books in science and agriculture for children.